The Gnostic Empty Clang

If the Gnostics is not able to take over Christianity in the first century, what are the differences that we have today that would make the Gnostic Gospel successful now?

If my God is God of yesterday, today and forever and will never change, what would a heresy do to an all powerful God?

Here , as brother Soo Inn has pointed out, is that our Churches are not teaching that flock well enough to know the real from the fake, the truth from the lies. And worse of all, do not know the true Character of Christ and the truth of our salvation and what salvation has brought us all in terms of spiritual and physical benefits. Once we understand the true Jesus and has a continuing relationship with our Abba in heaven through Christ, then we are standing upon the spiritual rock.

After some discussions with friends we have come up with some questions to the 'Christian Doubters' that will help answer those questions about Gnostic belief. I do hope this would help in the discussion of the Gospel of Judas/Mary Magdalene/Thomas. Once we understand what the Gnostics holds true, then DVC would have no hold unto the true belief of the salvation on the cross.

• If we are of Christ, and since the Holy Spirit is promised to us all and dwell in us, then why should we need to have 'special knowledge' to gain heaven?
• If Jesus is good, why would He ask of His disciple to do something that is commonly known as a bad thing?
• And if betrayal is a bad thing, how could one gain heaven from doing something evil?
• If Jesus gives the act betrayal approval , by the belief that God is just, He has to put all sins and all behaviour of disrepute to be grouped as righteous acts.
• If all sins are deemed to be righteous, then why would Jesus has to sacrifice in the first place since all the things we do, do not go against the Holiness of God?
• If the above point is true, then not withholding lust to have a child with Mary (no prove that Jesus is married) should be made righteous yes? So why are we so against pre and extra marital sex?
• If Jesus do have a family on earth, then He is not what He claimed to be since the Will of God is to save humanity and not to start a family. He is putting physical need first instead of spiritual need which goes against Gnostic teachings (Gnostics says physical is evil and spiritual is good) By the very act of having a family even within the sanctity of a marriage means Jesus is not claiming who He should be in the first place and doing things that is not consistent with His mission.
• If Jesus did start a family, so His act on the cross would bring destruction to His young family since the environment that Jesus is in 'man-centric' and without His presence, His child would be greatly disadvantaged. If Jesus did what He did with Mary and yet still sacrifice on the cross, would that make Jesus an irresponsible man?
• If Judas knows that the act of 'betrayal' (Judas could not have betrayed Jesus if he is under instructions to do so....so in that sense, he is not betraying but actually following orders) would lead him to heaven, then why would he be so guilt stricken so much so he has to throw the money back to the High Priest and then commit suicide?
• If normal Christians need to know 'special knowledge' to gain heaven, that means they do not always have 'revelation' on the way to heaven. If that is so, why would Christians of all ages, including our age, willing to die for their testimony instead of giving Jesus up? If the martyrs do so with joy and with numerous miracles happening to Christians, then 'special knowledge' is not needed which means the Gnostics had it all wrong all the while!
• If we believe DVC claims on the truth through the Gnostic Gospels, then everything they claim about the legitimacy of the Bible should hold true as well. However, if they are false, then the rest of the claims on DVC should be held in contempt too and should be investigated. And if the god of DVC and the Gnostics is true, then I would rather not have a part with a schizophrenic god who do not know good from bad. And worse still, asking a disciple to do a dirty deed so that one can ascend to heaven is despicable.

As apostle Paul has so eloquently put "But I fear that somehow you will be led away from your pure and simple devotion to Christ, just as Eve was deceived by the serpent. You seem to believe whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach about a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed. But I don't think I am inferior to these "super apostles" I may not be a trained speaker, but I know what I am talking about. I think you realised it by now, for we have proved it again and again." 2 Corinthians 11:3-6

If Paul in his time is already battling such heresies and as has proved that it is a heresy again and again, then why would we need to prove it so many times since? The problems lies with our mis-understanding of our loving Abba God who created all things for our benefit, who sacrifice His Son to give us all good things. All these nay-sayers of our true Yeshua will "get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve." 2 Cor 11:15

More fittingly is that Paul did tell the believers in 2 Thessalonians about the deception of our times in the last days "He (as in the evil one) will use every kind of deception to fool those who are on their way to destruction because they refuse to believe the truth that would save them." (2 Thess 1:9)

Although this passage talks about the end times with the Anti-Christ's way of deceiving the remnants of Earth's inhibitants after the rapture, the Gnostic gospel and the way the 'truth' was disseminated now resembles greatly about how falsehood is going to be spread in the end times.

Because I see this as a sign of the end times, I hold unto God more because this is what that has predicted. And since we are not appointed to God's wrath, that means our blessed hope is coming soon.